The Mystery of Cloomber

    The Mystery of Cloomber

    By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Introduction by Mike Ashley

    $9.95

    Publication Date: 18th November 2009

    What dark deed from the past haunts Major Heatherstone? Why does he live like a hermit at Cloomber Hall, forbidding his children to venture beyond the estate grounds? Why is he plagued by the sound of a tolling bell, and why does his paranoia rise to frantic levels each year on the fifth of October? With the sudden appearance of three shipwrecked Buddhist monks, the answers to these questions follow close behind.
    Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic thriller unfolds in his native Scotland, in a remote coastal village surrounded by dreary moors. The creator of Sherlock Holmes combines his skil... Read More
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    What dark deed from the past haunts Major Heatherstone? Why does he live like a hermit at Cloomber Hall, forbidding his children to venture beyond the estate grounds? Why is he plagued by the sound of a tolling bell, and why does his paranoia rise to frantic levels each year on the fifth of October? With the sudden appearance of three shipwrecked Buddhist monks, the answers to these questions follow close behind.
    Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic thriller unfolds in his native Scotland, in a remote coastal village surrounded by dreary moors. The creator of Sherlock Holmes combines his skil... Read More
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    What dark deed from the past haunts Major Heatherstone? Why does he live like a hermit at Cloomber Hall, forbidding his children to venture beyond the estate grounds? Why is he plagued by the sound of a tolling bell, and why does his paranoia rise to frantic levels each year on the fifth of October? With the sudden appearance of three shipwrecked Buddhist monks, the answers to these questions follow close behind.
    Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic thriller unfolds in his native Scotland, in a remote coastal village surrounded by dreary moors. The creator of Sherlock Holmes combines his skill at weaving tales of mystery with his deep fascination with spiritualism and the paranormal. First published in 1889, the novel offers a cautionary view of British colonialism in the form of a captivating story of murder and revenge.

    Reprint of the R. F. Fenno, London, 1895 edition.
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    • Price: $9.95
    • Pages: 160
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Literature: Crime/Mystery/Thriller
    • Publication Date: 18th November 2009
    • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8.5 in
    • ISBN: 9780486473574
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      FICTION / Classics
    Author Bio
    Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific writer born in Scotland who started out as a medical doctor. While at the University of Edinburgh, he augmented his income by writing stories. His first Sherlock Holmes tale was published in 1887, introducing one of literature's best-loved detectives. Doyle has also written many works of history and science fiction, plus plays and poetry.
    Table of Contents
    CONTENTS
    Chapter
    I. The Hegira of the Wests from Edinburgh
    II. Of the Strange Manner in which a Tenant came to Cloomber
    III. Of our Further Acquaintance with Major-General J. B. Heatherstone
    IV. Of a Young Man with a Grey Head
    V. How four of us came to be under the Shadow of Cloomber
    VI. How I came to be Enlisted as One of the Garrison of Cloomber
    VII. Of Corporal Rufus Smith and his Coming to Cloomber
    VIII. Statement of Israel Stakes
    IX. Narrative of John Easterling, F.R.C.P. Edin
    X. Of the Letter which came from the Hall
    XI. Of the Casting Away of the Bark "Belinda"
    XII. Of the Three Foreign Men upon the Coast
    XIII. In which I see that which has been seen by few
    XIV. Of the Visitor who ran down the road in the Night-time
    XV. The Day-book of John Berthier Heatherstone
    XVI. At the Hole of Cree
    Addendum
    What dark deed from the past haunts Major Heatherstone? Why does he live like a hermit at Cloomber Hall, forbidding his children to venture beyond the estate grounds? Why is he plagued by the sound of a tolling bell, and why does his paranoia rise to frantic levels each year on the fifth of October? With the sudden appearance of three shipwrecked Buddhist monks, the answers to these questions follow close behind.
    Arthur Conan Doyle's Gothic thriller unfolds in his native Scotland, in a remote coastal village surrounded by dreary moors. The creator of Sherlock Holmes combines his skill at weaving tales of mystery with his deep fascination with spiritualism and the paranormal. First published in 1889, the novel offers a cautionary view of British colonialism in the form of a captivating story of murder and revenge.

    Reprint of the R. F. Fenno, London, 1895 edition.
    • Price: $9.95
    • Pages: 160
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Imprint: Dover Publications
    • Series: Dover Literature: Crime/Mystery/Thriller
    • Publication Date: 18th November 2009
    • Trim Size: 5.37 x 8.5 in
    • ISBN: 9780486473574
    • Format: Paperback
    • BISACs:
      FICTION / Classics
    Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific writer born in Scotland who started out as a medical doctor. While at the University of Edinburgh, he augmented his income by writing stories. His first Sherlock Holmes tale was published in 1887, introducing one of literature's best-loved detectives. Doyle has also written many works of history and science fiction, plus plays and poetry.
    CONTENTS
    Chapter
    I. The Hegira of the Wests from Edinburgh
    II. Of the Strange Manner in which a Tenant came to Cloomber
    III. Of our Further Acquaintance with Major-General J. B. Heatherstone
    IV. Of a Young Man with a Grey Head
    V. How four of us came to be under the Shadow of Cloomber
    VI. How I came to be Enlisted as One of the Garrison of Cloomber
    VII. Of Corporal Rufus Smith and his Coming to Cloomber
    VIII. Statement of Israel Stakes
    IX. Narrative of John Easterling, F.R.C.P. Edin
    X. Of the Letter which came from the Hall
    XI. Of the Casting Away of the Bark "Belinda"
    XII. Of the Three Foreign Men upon the Coast
    XIII. In which I see that which has been seen by few
    XIV. Of the Visitor who ran down the road in the Night-time
    XV. The Day-book of John Berthier Heatherstone
    XVI. At the Hole of Cree
    Addendum